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General Motors has hired former key Xbox engineer and executive Marc Whitten as the new CEO of Cruise, its robotaxi service, in an aim to recover itself after being suspended of its California license.

.Jerret West, Microsoft's Xbox marketing chief, is leaving the firm to join Roblox.

Microsoft announced a series of new all-digital versions of its Xbox Series X and S consoles and announced new games for the console in its annual Xbox Games Showcase.

Microsoft has announced that it will launch its own mobile game store in July.

Microsoft's Xbox division is preparing for further job cuts to align with ongoing restructuring efforts to optimize its gaming subsidiaries following massive acquisitions and cost-cutting initiatives.

Microsoft's Xbox is closing four gaming subsidiaries, including Arkane Austin, due to disappointing sales, although specific job losses weren't disclosed.

Microsoft is developing an Xbox AI chatbot to improve user support, linking to support documents and aiming for comprehensive integration across the platform.

Sarah Bond, Microsoft's Xbox President, hinted at an upcoming gaming console that promises to deliver the "largest technical leap" in Xbox history.

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Months after rebranding Xbox Music and relaunched it by the name Groove, Microsoft acquired a music player app that goes by the same name. The Montreal-based startup agreed to sell the name and technology to Microsoft, but the details are disclosed by both companies.

Both the game consoles made more money than any of their predecessors in 2015. PlayStation 4 came out as the winner with more sales than Xbox One in the year's total.

Entertainment Software Association of Canada's new report showed a strong growth in Canada's video game industry. Although report shows that most of video game developers work at foreign-owned game studio but the growth of Canada's own microstudios is promising.

Amazon.com is finally no longer selling Apple TV or other streaming devices like Google's Chromecast to boost sales of its own Fire TV box and Fire TV Stick units. The company's plan to discontinue selling competing product was first announced earlier in October.

Amazon is disallowing the sale of media-streaming devices from Apple and Google. In an e-mail to its marketplace sellers, the Web retailer says that after October 29, it will no longer sell Apple TV's and Google Chromecasts. "It's important that the streaming media players we sell interact well with Prime Video in order to avoid customer confusion," said Amazon in the e-mail.

The five-years patent lawsuit battle between Microsoft and Google had finally come to an end after both companies agreed to drop the lawsuit for an undisclosed amount. The announcement was made by in a joint statement from the two companies.